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Bionest Reactor for the Application of Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment and Bioenergy Recovery
Water pollution control due to runoff from agricultural feeding operations is a huge problem nationwide. In the United States, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are working together to improve America’s waters. Researchers at the University of Hawai‘i have developed an unique and efficient anaerobic reactor which removes organic pollutants and produces methane gas. (Read more ...)
Inventors:
  • Dr. Pingyi Yang, Univerity of Hawai‘i, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human
  • Mr. Liangjie Dong, Univerity of Hawai‘i, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human
Patent No. US 7,226,539    Date Issued – June 5, 2007

Novel fluorescent nanosensor proteins
Two innovative sensor-protein platforms are disclosed. These sensors are designed for highly sensitive fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based molecular assays. Both sensors are suited for homogeneous assays, with one of the sensors designed for noncompetitive assays, and the other for competitive assays. A wide range of molecular recognition domains (e.g., peptide epitopes) can be incorporated into these nanosensor proteins using recombinant DNA technology to create a vast variety of unique sensors. (Read more ...)
Inventors:
  • Dr. Wei Wen (Winston) Su, Univerity of Hawai‘i, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human
Patent No. US 7,247,443 B2    Date Issued – July 24, 2007

A P. falciparum Merozoite Surface Protein-1 Malaria Vaccine Produced in Transgenic Plants
This technology describes a method of producing transgenic tobacco plants that synthesize the complete P. falciparum MSP1 p42 polypeptide. (Read more . . . )
Inventors:
  • Sandra Chang, Tropical Medicine & Medical Microbiology
  • Benjamin Vine, Tropical Medicine & Medical Microbiology
  • Wei-Wen Su, Molecular Biosciences & Biosystems Engineering
  • Robert Bugos, Molecular Biosciences & Biosystems Engineering
Patent No. 7,037,681     Date Issued – May 2, 2006

Recombinant bacteria for use in insect control
The present invention relates to recombinant bacteria genetically engineered from insect hosts to express toxic gene products in a pest insect. The present invention also relates to a method of controlling an insect population using such a recombinant bacteria as a delivery agent throughout an insect colony. (Read more ...)
Inventors:
  • Claudia Husseneder
  • Dr. J. Kenneth Grace, Univerity of Hawai‘i, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources
  • Darcy E. Oishi
Patent No. 6,926,889 B2    Date Issued – August 9, 2005

Sex Control in Shrimp and Prawn Aquaculture
A novel approach to isolate the Androgenic sex hormone (AH) from the crustacean freshwater prawn and marine shrimp using in vitro glandular secretion of the AH from AH-producing Androgenic glands. (Read more . . . )
Inventors:
  • Spencer R. Malecha, Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences
  • Piera S. Sun, Pacific Biomedical Research Center
Patent No. 6,740,794 B1     Date Issued – May 25, 2004

Bio-Engineering Continuous Production of Marine Micro-algae (Chaetoceros sp.)
A major difficulty in utilizing naturally occurring substances is to produce them in sufficiently high concentrations, in large enough quantities, and at competitive cost. By managing environmental conditions such as nutrition, and by varying the amount of algae to be harvested daily, a process has been developed that directly produces desired diatoms in open systems from ocean water without inoculation. (Read more . . . )
Inventors:
  • Jaw-Kai Wang, Biosystems Engineering
  • Timothy Hering, Kona Bay Oyster & Shrimp Company
Patent No. 6,673,592     Date Issued – January 6, 2004

Production of Transgenic Plants Comprising the Winged Bean Lysine Rich Protein
An 18-KD protein containing 10.8 mol% lysine was identified from winged bean and the cDNA encoding this protein has been cloned and its nucleotide sequence determined.
Inventors:
  • Dr. Samuel S. M. Sun, Univerity of Hawai‘i, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources
  • Ms. Liwen Xiong, National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, China
  • Dr. Yuxiang Jing and Dr. Bolin Liu, Institute of Botany, Acdemia Sinica, China
Patent No. 6,184,437    Date Issued – Feburary 6, 2001

Sweet Protein Mabinlin
A sweet protein derived from Mabinlang (Capparis masaikai) that is 400 times sweeter than sucrose.
Inventor:
  • Samuel S.M. Sun, Department of Plant Molecular Physiology
Patent No. 6,051,758     Date Issued – April 18, 2000

Mechanically Loaded Direct Air Commodity Disinfestation Chamber
A new design of a disinfestation chamber for agricultural products consists of circulating hot air over the commodity in a chamber to raise the temperature of the commodity to a certain level for a period of time sufficient to kill the infecting insect.
Inventors:
  • Michael Williamson, Agricultural Engineering
  • Paul Winkelman, Agricultural Engineering
Patent No. 5,792,419     Date Issued – August 11, 1998

Solid Appliance Fermentation Technology for Inoculants (SAFTI)
The packaging design allows mixture of beneficial microorganisms into growth medium within a self-contained unit, making it portable to the site of application.
Inventors:
  • Paul Singleton, Nitrogen Fixation by Tropical Agricultural Legumes (NifTAL) Project
  • Joseph Rourke, Nitrogen Fixation by Tropical Agricultural Legumes (NifTAL) Project
  • Michael Sadowsky, University of Minnesota
Patent No. 5,507,133     Date Issued – April 16, 1996

Manufacturing of Acridity-free Raw Flour from Araceae Tubers
A method of removing acridity from Araceae (taro) tubers without cooking has been developed. (Read more . . . )
Inventors:
  • Alvin Huang, Food Science & Human Nutrition
  • James Hollyer, Agricultural and Resource Economics
Patent No. 5,464,646     Date Issued – November 7, 1995

Termite Barrier
An environmentally acceptable barrier against subterranean termites has been developed and is now available for use. (Read more . . . )
Inventor:
  • Minoru Tamashiro, Entomology
Patent No. 5,094,045     Date Issued – March 10, 1992

Efficient Regeneration and Transformation of Banana Using Secondary Somatic Embryogenesis via Microprojectile Bombardment
Secondary somatic embryogenesis was established using immature male flower buds of banana cultivar 'Apple' (Musa ssp. AAB group). (Read more . . .)
Inventors:
  • Dr. John S. Hu, University of Hawai‘i College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources
  • Mr. Said M. Khalil, University of Hawai‘i College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources
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